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WALKER CREEK EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WALKER CREEK EL
Set in NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, WALKER CREEK EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD. It works with 458 students across grades pre-K through 5.
WALKER CREEK EL is one of 30 schools operated by BIRDVILLE ISD, a district that enrolls 22,267 students overall.
Looking at the student body, WALKER CREEK EL lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, 5% Asian.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is south of typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALKER CREEK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.6%, the actual is 60.9%, a residual of -1.7 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which WALKER CREEK EL is one.
BIRDVILLE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WALKER CREEK EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 54% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WALKER CREEK EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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